Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-25
WOMAN AND HOME.
BE CAREFUL OF THE CHILDREN
DURING THE WARM WEATHER.

DURING THE WARM WEATHER.
The Rule of ConjugaI Partnership-A
Word to Girls-Young Matrons' Talk.
Study of Gypsy women-Mrs. Lang
try's Coiffure-Notes and Items.
Be careful about taking the children out
during the warm weather. See that they are
properly clad in keeping with the weather,
not alone their bodies, for most mothers pay
attention to these, but take care of their
beads. Avoid taking the little ones out when
the sun is high, more especially at the noon
hour, when there is little shade anywhere;
but if you will take them out at such Tunes.
be sure and have hats for them that Will shade
their faces. The broader the brim the better
they win be for the children During the
summer the most sensible and most comforta-
bic hat boy or girl can wear, for best or
EVERYDAY. is broad brhned straw. 1t is the
most suitable and the prettiest hat child can
have and looks well on any child, either big
or little. Most children who are old enough
to attend school are provided with this style
of head covering, but the little ones who are
at home all the time, going out only occa-
want of it. When they are taken out for an
airing Tor roasting would more properly ap-
ply here, it is with tho lace bonnet, fez or
q straw Tom O'Shanter on their heads
The mother of these children would be
horriied if the little ones went out in the sun
bareheaded They would be positive that the
children would be sunstruck; yet they will
take them out with such covering as the above
tla
better than nothing, during the hottest part
of the day and never think of such thing as
sunstroke. They would not go the shortest
distance themselves in the sun without a
parasol to shield them. 1t is astonishing how
many women and children of this kind can
be seen in the streets of the city on any Of the
warm DAYS The women under large lace
parasols looking as cool as though they were
in the coolest place Imaginable, ana the emil
dren with fezes or Tam O'Shanter on the backs
of their heads and the sun beating down on
the front, looking hot and uncomfortable,
with the perspiration trickling down their
faces. The women are, 10 all appearances,
perfectly oblivious of the children's discom.
future, though how they can be SO is a mys
terry to most people. 1t must be that they do
not give it q thought, or if they did, they
way without trying, at least, to remedy it.
The straw Tam O'Shanter hat is one of the
prettiest style of hats for very little boys,
and any child when dressed neatly looks well
in it. 1t has a jaunty, careless effect when
perched on the back of the head, and is
particularly cool affair when worn in the
shade, but when worn in the sun it is the
most uncomfortable headcovering that can
fba
hour, unless it is actually necessary that they
should, with only small bonnet on their
heads, and walk any distance, probably a
street or two, without going home with a
headache that it will take good nights rest
to relieve Yet the little ones are made to
walk, or half run, for few women accommo-
date their steps to the children's, under the
fiercest sun without murmur. When they
arrive home they are pcevish and irritable,
and the mothers wonder what is the matter
with them, never thinking that their chill
dren's little heads may throb and ache as
much, if not more, than theirs would were
they treated in the same manner. Very often
a child, alter being out with the mother, is
feverish and restless during the night, SO
much so as TO alarm the parents. The moth |
er looks around for the cause. she can't
have caught cold; don't know what can
have caused it" she says, puzzled Il know
he wasn't III any draughts, for we kept in
the sun most of the time.
1t does not occur to either parent that he
may be Frustrated by the sun. Oh. no; he
has cold, they are certain about that, and
they doctor him accordingly. He is dosed and
overheated, when the one thing he requires is |
rest and the least little draught which may
be only the opening of a door, may bring on a |
disease from which it viii take him long |
time TO recover A little forethought on the |
part of the mother might have spared the |
child great deal of suffering, and both pa |
rents great deal Of anxiety and worriment |
If some one should suggest to its mother that |
it was the effect Of being so much under the |
rays of the sun, she would say: why, no; |
that couldn't be, for he never complained |
while out in the heat; he was well enough |
until tbs evening"" Just as though any child |
would complain while on the street The ex-
citement of the different people and things he |
meets confuses the little one to such an ex. |
tent that, no matter how i'll he may be- ha |
will not complain, but after the excitement |
subsidies and he is at home, then there is no |
need for complaint; his actions are enough. |
1t is strange that the mother. who tries in |
every way to shield the child from every lit |
tie draught, is the very one who will take him |
on MONDAY jaunt, and would be surprised |
TO think that that would hurt him-Boston |
Budget.